How many cookies do you have tucked away? This week, host Cameron D’Ambrosi is joined by Mano Pillai, Chief Product Officer at LiveIntent to discuss alternatives to using third-party cookies as served as a persistent identifier. They explore the potential for email address-based identifiers to meet platform demands for customized consumer experiences without the negative side effects and regulatory risk of persistent cookie tracking.
What's your favorite pizza topping? Knowledge based authentication is not really knowledge, and not really authentication. In this week's State of Identity, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Alex Shockley, President & Co-Founder of Journey, to discuss identity as the cornerstone of a better contact center. In this episode, you'll learn how a zero knowledge identity network can solve for security, privacy, and customer experience simultaneously.
How close are we to being fully passwordless? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, asks Co-founder and CEO of Stytch, Reed McGinely-Stempel, how people will verify and authenticate their identities without having a password. We explore alternative access points and what businesses will need to watch out for when initiating the shift to a more frictionless and secure future.
What does it take to not just build, but scale, a trust framework for interoperable digital identity? On this week's State of Identity podcast host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Daniel Goldscheider, Founder & CEO of yes.com , Don Thibeau, Executive Director at OpenID Foundation, Carl Hössner, CTO at BankID, and Anil Mahalaha, Head of Solutions at Akoya, to discuss the launch of the Global Assured Identity Network (GAIN) . They discuss GAIN's core mission of leveraging bank KYC to validate ...
Are strong biometric liveness detection and face matching the key to protecting authentication processes against account takeover? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by FaceTec SVP of North American Operations Jay Meier at FaceTec to explore the above question, unwrap the PKI Fallacy, and explain why device authentication is not user authentication.
What do we really mean when we say to go "beyond" multi-factor authentication (MFA)? You can switch-up or even add authentication factors, and it's still a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Find out this and more on this week's State of Identity podcast. Host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Joe Burton, Chief Executive Officer at TeleSign, to discuss why 2FA is still relevant and sometimes presented as an easier option for some companies, and why MFA remains so critical to today's security lands...
In this month’s Investing in Identity series, we break down the latest industry trends including: Movers & Shakers: API-first passwordless startup Stytch, raises $90MM at a $1B valuation and Merit snags $50MM Series B to expand digital credentials platform M&A Activity:Digital fraud prevention startup Sift acquires Keyless, a passwordless multi-factor authentication service provider and fintech firm Plaid has scooped up Cognito, identity verification and compliance company Musings of the...
We're still at the dawn of the applications of biometrics. What is the industry's role in leading consumer education? Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi and David Ray, COO & General Counsel at Rank One Computing as they discuss how biometrics have evolved from government applications to B2C use cases. You'll uncover how widespread mobile adoption has ushered biometrics across new industry verticals, unlocking the power of understanding who's on the other side of that device.
Are there effective means to catch fraudsters, money launderers, and terrorists? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined with Tony Petrov, Chief Legal Officer at Sumsub to discuss image-based automated KYC, countries liveness detection, anti-fraud instruments, watchlists, and screenings while building your AML procedures compliant with various data protection laws. Hear what biometric data provides to online service providers and the difference in regulation to...
Sweden's Freja eID is a pinnacle example of government-approved digital identity, all from the convenience of your mobile wallet. Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi as he kicks off 2022 with Kristofer von Beetzen, Chief Product Officer of Freja eID. They dive into the burning questions for eID including who should control identity, why and when you shouldn't host identity data yourself, the future of mobile wallets, and whether identity will rule the world.
Digital Identity has the power to enable "trust" in a matter of seconds. It's changed the game — from trading assets and voting to obtaining access to everyday services. How do you create trust? On this week's State of Identity, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Alexei Stanislawski, CEO at maat.ai to discuss the trust paradox. As government-issued documents become obsolete, we can expect to see a shift towards peer-to-peer networks building a new trust framework from the digital traits of our ...
Organizations, node operators, and leaders are contributing to the emerging concept of decentralized identity, which puts identity back into the control of its people. On this week's State of Identity podcast host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Indicio's CEO, Heather Dahl, and CTO, Ken Ebert, to discuss identity wallets, verified credentials, the role of the Sovrin Foundation, and new momentum around interoperability across decentralized identity.
Digital identity is now recognized as a key building block in digitizing public administration; however, it requires interoperability with private sector use cases to drive value for its citizens. In this week's State of Identity podcast, we're joined by Sebastian Manhart, Advisor on Digital Identity for the German Federal Chancellery to discuss recent developments in eIDAS applications, the potential for self-sovereign identity in government, and the outlook for digital identity infrastructure ...
The past 10 years have introduced and welcomed mobile wallets, digital assistants, and the adoption of digital identity verification. With the intricacies of our online lives, the notion of tying verification to a credential is slowly dissipating. In this week's State of Identity podcast, join host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, and Rick Song, Co-founder, and CEO of Persona. They break down Persona's recent $150MM raise, what the next 10 years pose for identity verification, and a few expected challenges w...
In this month's Investing in Identity series, we break down the latest industry trends including: Movers & Shakers: Socure's $450MM raise at a $4.5B valuation in identity verification, Permutive's $75MM raise in privacy-first infrastructure for advertising, Neuro-ID's $35MM for behavioral analytics, and more M&A Activity: McAfee's going private in a $14B deal and SecureAuth acquires Acceptto to fuel additional action in passwordless solutions Musings of the Month: The internet was built ...
Imagine a world where you can replace keys, passwords, smartcards, and other physical tokens with the touch of your phone. It's not too far off. In this week's State of Identity, Liminal Managing Director, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Chad Spensky, CEO of Allthenticate, Inc. as they discuss what once started as hacking access control systems for fun to designing digital choke points akin to the movie 300, and how it's fueled a mission to authenticate the "front door" of the future.
In the underbelly of the internet lurks darknet intelligence. When harnessed appropriately, big data from dark web indexing can minimize uncertainty and maximize cybersecurity in an increasingly hostile information environment. On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi welcomes Jessica Newman, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at DarkOwl, to discuss how creating a "Google for the dark web" lends itself to practical use cases - from law enforcement, government appli...
The crypto regulatory landscape is continuously evolving and establishing compliance is quickly becoming a competitive advantage. This week host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, is joined by Alice Nawfal, Notabene Co-Founder & COO, to tackle counterparty risk and why this spooks the regulators. You'll also learn what you need to know about the Crypto Travel Rule — what it is, how it's being enforced, and how crypto companies can stay ahead of regulations.
The Zero Trust model is the belief that no one should be trusted from inside or outside your network, until their identity has been verified. Zero trust refers to the alignment of maturing identity practices, an established understanding of user behaviors, and the application of least-privilege access security policy decisions to trust boundaries. In this week's State of Identity, host, Cameron D’Ambrosi debunks the buzz around zero trust architecture with Ryan Case, Chief Cybersecurity Architec...
COVID fundamentally evolved the way we transact digitally — from healthcare to banking to online betting through crypto trading account opening. How will banks evolve remote account opening? How will organizations ensure people are responsibly gambling online? In this week's episode of State of Identity, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Shaun Moore, the Chief Executive Officer of Trueface, a Pangiam company, and Patrick S. Flanagan, the Co-Founder and COO of Pangiam. They tackle these questi...
Will technology help save humanity or accelerate our demise? Listen in as host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, discusses with Guy Perelmuter, the Author of Present Future: Business, Science, and the Deep Tech Revolution and Founder of GRIDS Capital, to unwrap the evolution of cryptocurrencies and what that means for the future of money, how global supply chains change with AI, 3D printing, robotics, and blockchain technologies, and how a new “social score” may come into existence.
Building a digital identity platform from scratch in the “unbanked” population of the South African market poses significant challenges. The need for frictionless,customer-centric solutions, however, is not unique to any one geography, industry, or use case. In this week’s State of Identity podcast, host, Cameron D’Ambrosi is joined by Shaun Strydom, Founder, Executive Head, and Identity Futurologist at Contactable to discuss the race for digital identity orchestration and federation. They go be...
In an effort to mitigate climate change, technology, and data-driven intelligence are playing a critical factor in large-scale reforestation before it becomes a climate catastrophe. In this week's State of Identity podcast, join host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, and Arnout Asjes, CTO of the Land Life Company, as we discuss how the identity of things expands to agro-ecological use cases. From terrestrial monitoring apps and drones to machine learning algorithms incorporating satellite data, tech-driven re...
What if we could go beyond a fingerprint to establish behaviors, mannerisms, and motor movements that make you uniquely you? In this week's State of Identity podcast, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Jonathan Nystrom, CEO of Intensity Analytics, to discuss the geospatial, multidimensional routines that comprise behavioral biometrics. Learn how machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques are being adopted as the next wave of frictionless authentication to compare previous behavior...
Authentication solutions within financial institutions are still in disarray; however, there are intelligent, personalized digital experiences that are powering how the world connects, moves, and interacts with money. Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi and David Whitcomb, VP of Product Connectivity Experience at MX as we sit down to tackle the history behind open finance, where we are today, how fintechs know their customers with access to better data, and the power of open source technology.
Join host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, and Walter Beisheim, Chief Business Development Officer of Nok Nok Labs as they discuss fraud mitigation use cases including account takeover prevention and payments authentication. They address the benefits of a FIDO-compliant Secure Customer Authentication (SCA) solution and debunk the major myths around the adoption of SCA, the perceived friction that it imposes on your customers, and its impact on your business.
Fingerprinting technology is the backbone of most major fraud detection solutions. It identifies unique visitors and associated sessions, undeterred by incognito browsing, VPNs, cookie blockers, and other technologies used to anonymize fraudulent actors online. Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi and Dan Pinto, CEO of FingerprintJS as they discuss the power of browser fingerprinting as a service and how browser-driven identifiers can complement anti-fraud solutions with up to 99.5% accuracy. They tackle...
When designing automating customer onboarding flows, one of the most critical failure points is maintaining a well-designed consumer-facing user experience. When verifying new customers, is there a trade-off to maximize both pass rates and accuracy? Is the trade-off real or perceived? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Steve Kirkham, Co-Founder at Berbix to discuss the P0 requirements for the next generation of technologies to verify new users both inst...
The key to scaling digital identity solutions is to 'think global, act local.' How do we implement digital identity frameworks to ensure trust between transaction parties? How do we account for regional discrepancies including cultural nuances around consumer data privacy and consent? Join Cameron D'Ambrosi, host of State of Identity, and Michael Lynch, Chief Strategy Officer at Prove as they explore data solutions across the identity lifecycle, from creation and verification through authenticat...
The identity industry is evolving. Once a niche field that very few people understood, digital identity is now a strategic piece in every organization's security architecture. Organizations are successfully breaking away from monolithic, legacy systems yet one key challenge that remains is building user-centric security solutions. To build centralized authorization in an increasingly decentralized world, identity data needs to be dynamic and easily adaptable — without changing a single line of c...
